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Malaysian Universities For Pakistani Students

Malaysia has a vast capacity for students all around the world with more than 100 institutions, there are 20 public, more than 160 private, 10 foreign branch campuses and more than 39 language and skill centers in Malaysia for international students.

Top QS Ranked Malaysian Universities In Each Category

Here is a list of 10 Malaysian universities that are ranked top in QS ranking system in all categories i.e public, private and branch campuses 

University 

QS Rank 

Category 

University Malaya 

70

Public University 

University Putra Malaysia 

123

Public University 

University of Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

129

Public University 

University Sains Malaysia

143

Public University 

Monash University Malaysia 

57

International Branch Campus 

University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus)

114

International Branch Campus 

New Castle University of Malaysia 

122

International Branch Campus 

Taylor’s University 

284

Private University 

UCSI 

284

Private University 

University of Technology PETRONAS 

361

Private University 

Categories Of Education Institutes In Malaysia

Malaysian institutes has been categorized into 3 for international students to study. These include:

  • Public Universities

  • Private Universities

  • International Branch Campuses

Public Malaysian Universities

Under the preview of Ministry of Education Malaysia, there are 20 public universities that are government- funded and further divided into three major categories/ groups 

Groups

Universities 

Offered Programs 

Group 1

  • Focused Universities

  • Research Universities

  • Comprehensive Universities

  • Pre-University/ Foundation

  • Diploma Courses

  • Undergraduate

  • Postgraduate Programs 

Group 2

Polytechnics and Community Colleges

Certificate and Diploma programs 

Group 3

Public Colleges 

Certificate and Diploma Courses 

Private Malaysian Universities

Compared to public universities, private offer wide range of programs for all study levels

  • Having bigger campus and provide a vast range of facilities

  • Award degrees in their own names

  • Provide extensive research platform for postgraduate study programs

International Branch Campuses In Malaysia For International Students

Malaysia took step forward and has initiated a vast setup of foreign university’s campuses in own country. There are 10 campuses of foreign universities in Malaysia originated from Australia, UK, China and Ireland with the following characteristics

  • Offer programs that are identical to main campus

  • Provide out class education to international students by maintain same standards of education as in home campus

  • Students can save up to 40% tuition fee and living cost by enrolling in a international branch campus in Malaysia and gain same quality of education deliver in home campus

These 10 International Foreign Campuses are as follows  

  • Curtin University

  • Monash University

  • Swinburne University of Technology

  • The University of Nottingham Malaysia

  • Heriot-Watt University Malaysia

  • Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia

  • University of Southampton – Malaysia Campus

  • University of Reading Malaysia

  • Xiamen University Malaysia Campus

  • University College Dublin Malaysia Campus

Malaysian Universities Ranking By Subjects

The Ministry of Education Malaysia has introduced its own ranking system (QS WUR Subject Ranking) for measuring the quality of universities for different subjects. According to this ranking here we described list of universities for specific subject 

University 

Subject 

QS WUR Subject Ranking

University of Malaya 

Library & Information Management

32

University of Putra Malaysia 

Agriculture & Forestry

80

National University of Malaysia 

Electrical Engineering

145

University of Science Malaysia 

Pharmacy & Pharmacology

75

University of Technology Malaysia 

Petroleum Engineering 

41

Management and Science University 

Hospitality and Leisure Management 

51-100

Taylor’s University 

Hospitality and Leisure Management 

16

Petronas University of Technology 

Petroleum Engineering 

21

Monash University 

Pharmacy & Pharmacology

2

University of Nottingham 

Pharmacy & Pharmacology

5

University of Southampton 

Statistics and Operational Research 

33

 

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